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Show BBsl TWO SICILY SPOUTERS. I ETNA'S ACTIVITY NOT EXPECTED ' TO CONTINUE LONG. Stromboll In State of More or Less Continuous Eruption, as It Has Been from Time Immemorial. Home. Prof. Iticco, director of tho Cntnnlu observatory, furnishes tho following Information nbout tho recent re-cent eruptivo activity of the two volcanoes vol-canoes Etna nnd Stromboll. After tho great eruption of 188G Elnn wus silent up to 1892. It Is tru6 thnt In 1891 tho volcano emitted a denso volume of smoke followed by n downfall of ashes, but this was duo to n landslide extending over 400 meters on tho northwest edge of tho central crater. In 1892 Etna becam active, smoko and ashes wero emitted nnd In tho bottom of the crater a portlftn of tho mountain collapsed, with tho result that scoriae, lnpllll and stones were thrown to a grent height, but fell back Into tho crater, thus producing what Is generally known as an Inter-craterous Inter-craterous eruption. Meanwhile several sev-eral shocks of earthquake wero felt Intermittently until scoriae oguln begun be-gun to bo erupted In considerable quantities. Tho eruption lasted for over six months, nnd was continued In the your following, hut on tho whole tho lava emitted did not produce any dnmage, as It fell back Insldo the crater. Tho recent eruption is characterized character-ized by the nbsenco of lava, ns well ns by Its Intermittent nature, nnd It Is not likely to continue und much less to Increase. Very probably It will bo limited to partial und small eruptions inside tho crnter provoked by the np-peurnnce np-peurnnce of fiimurolcs. As regards Stromboll, Prof. HIcco's report Is mora detailed. Stromboll is on nn Island belonging to n group of soven volcnnlc Islands to tho north of Sicily, facing the continent. con-tinent. This Island Is about three miles In length nnd two miles broad, and Its highest altitude, u peak which Is probably the crater of an old volcano, vol-cano, Is about 1,900 feet. The nctlve crater of tho volcano Is nbout -150 feet below the highest peak, and it Is surrounded to tho south and east by u high ledge of rock which In enso of eruption protects pro-tects tho Inhabited part of tho island. Two largo musses of agglomerated lava from former eruptions on each 3ldc of the crater slcpo down to the-sea, the-sea, and In cusa of eruption lead the lava torront to the sea, preventing it from sptcudlug over the island. . Theso natural protections render tho Island habltnb:e and almost Im-munu Im-munu from the effects of eruptions. . The boll Is purely volcanic nnd com- h posed or basalt, lava, scorhip, lnpllll and ashes. Tho Island Is very fertile ' A and covered with vegetation, notwltb-standing notwltb-standing tho scarcity of water. The vapors emitted from tho volcano are HJ naturally condensed and converted Into water which runs Into a spring HJ known as the Schlcclola. Stromboll is In continual activity 'M and hns been so from time immcmo-rial, immcmo-rial, so much so that to tho ancients this volcano served tho purposo of a natural lighthouse in the navlga- HJ tlon between Sicily and Magna Orcein fl and the Ca'mpanlu. During tho mid- Stromboll In Eruption. J dto ages the Island was used as a penul settlement where convicts were sent Instead of being executed. The volcano hns been stud (! dllll H gently since 1SS0 nnd a record bus been kept ot the different phases ot H Its activity. Generally eruptions Imp- H pun In tho following manner: H The volcano begins to show Its nc- H tlvlty by loud detonations nud explo- H bIoiib. Subsequently a sound like H that of steam escaping from a boiler H Is heard and the crater Is covered with H smoke. Lately the explosions ncconi- H pnnylng eruptions havo been very H Intense, nud resemble the U ling of H heavy artillery. H Although the volcano Ib continually H ! active It hns periods of repose nnd H the longer these are the more In- H tense is tho activity that follows H them; still the eruptions have been H called paroxysms of harmless anger H More dnngoroiis thnn the eruptions fl nro the earthquakes, but these, fortu- nntetly, nro very rare. H |